Brokedown Palace

Brokedown Palace

6.4IMDb Score
Released:1999-08-13
Duration:100 min
Director:Jonathan Kaplan
Actors:Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Jacqueline Kim, Lou Diamond Phillips
Production:Two Girls Productions, Fox 2000 Pictures, Adam Fields Productions, 20th Century Fox

Overview:

Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on his offer to treat the two of them to what amounts to a day trip to Hong Kong. In the airport, the girls are seized by the police and shocked to discover that one of their bags contains heroin.

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